On October 16-23 a joint delegation of FIFA representatives and Russia’s Local Organizing Committee inspect the state of readiness of Russian stadiums. Russia won the bid to host the 2018 World Cup less than four years ago. The matches of the 2018 World Cup will be held at 12 stadiums located in the 11 cities across Russia - Moscow, St. Petersburg, Sochi, Kazan, Saransk, Kaliningrad, Volgograd, Rostov-on-Don, Nizhny Novgorod, Yekaterinburg and Samara. Host cities of the World Cup 2018 - in this photo gallery by TASS.